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Save East Sussex Music Service

We the undersigned petition the council to We, the undersigned oppose the closure of East Sussex Music Instrumental Service. To avoid the dramatic impact this would have for the thousands of children concerned, we believe that East Sussex County Council should provide the funding or implement alternatives changes to keep the service open.

East Sussex County Council have announced that plans are being
made to close the music instrumental service by 2019 because of a
funding shortfall of £80,000. This will result in loss of
valued music provision for thousands of children across the county
and job losses for teachers and administrative staff.

East Sussex Music Service, celebrating its 84th year, delivers
music lessons to around 7000 children in schools. Nearly 1000
children aged between 4 and 18 attend area music centres each
week.

Staff at the music service believe that the funding can be found
or alternatively there are viable structures that the council can
implement that would allow the service to continue.